NCT03416582

Feasibility Study of a Nurse Intervention to Impact Mucositis Severity and Prevent Dehydration

Feasibility Study of a Nurse-Delivered Telephone Intervention To Impact Mucositis Symptom Severity and Prevent Dehydration in Lung and Head/Neck Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation: A Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 11 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Miami · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a descriptive mixed method pilot study to determine the feasibility of a tailored nurse-delivered telephone intervention designed to impact mucositis symptom severity and prevent dehydration in lung and head/neck cancer patients undergoing chemoradiation, therefore reducing overall symptom severity and improving quality of life. Secondary purposes for this study are to investigate if the nursing intervention can decrease lung and head/neck cancer patients' unscheduled medical visits between chemoradiation treatments.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer
• Mucositis Oral
• Dehydration
• Head and Neck Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Symptom Management Education and Nurse Coaching	The registered nurse (RN) will teach good mouth care and management of sore mouth or throat (mucositis) symptoms to the patient for self-management at home. The RN will then call the patient twice every week to continue educating and coaching the patient about the mucositis self-management. The patient will receive the Symptom Management (SxM) Toolkit which is a written educational guide known as the "Cancer Treatment Symptom Management Education Toolkit" geared to help the patient manage their symptoms of sore mouth and throat at home in order to prevent dehydration.
BEHAVIORAL	Drinks Diary	The patient will complete the Drinks Diary daily by recording the all oral fluid ingested and also record the number of times the bathroom is used.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-29
• Primary completion: 2019-08-22
• Completion: 2019-08-22
• First posted: 2018-01-31
• Last updated: 2019-09-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States